Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] estimated [that] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that each day another three species are lost for ever . |
| 2 | Badger-baiting is at an all-time high in East and North Yorkshire and it is estimated that each year in Great Britain as many as 9,000 badgers meet a premature death . |
| 3 | Between the surrender and December 1948 the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce retail price index rose by 4000 per cent and it is estimated that black market prices increased at double this rate . |
| 4 | It is estimated that British Gas 's contracted supplies from the North Sea will start to run down from 1984 and by 1995 will meet only one-third of UK needs . |
| 5 | Because there is often more than one casualty involved in an accident , it is estimated that this casualty target can be achieved by reducing the number of accidents by about 50 . |
| 6 | It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000 . |
| 7 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 8 | It was estimated that annual defence spending by developing countries totalled around US$170,000 million , or 5 per cent of their combined gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and more than three times the total value of aid transfers from the industrialized world . |
| 9 | Between January and April it was estimated that 563 government soldiers had been killed in clashes with the guerrillas . |